Is the world really going mad? 26 day I was sitting in a restaurant 27 a quick and a talk with a few friends when it suddenly 28 me that almost everyone in the restaurant was smoking. It wasn’t long 29 the whole room was 30 with smoke. I asked with an apology for 31 to open a window to stop myself 32 !
Nowadays air pollution is something that is hardly questioned any more. However, I still can’t walk down the street in any of the big cities without 33 that people are 34 the air pollution. It is time for the government departments of the world to introduce emission(废气排放) controls on all cars and 35 the public transport system(公共交通体系) to encourage people to 36 their cars at home. A friend of mine takes flying lesson each morning and it really makes him 37 when he climbs above the smog layer(烟雾) and looks down 38 it and thinks: “I’m breathing that!” this kind of 39 results from the bad management of resources. Waste things can 40 should be treated properly. House building, road 41 , and industrial development are all earthmoving( or earth-reducing) operations and can change the balances of 42 created over millions of years. I would like to 43 serious studies done on all these main works before they are built. Also, there should be 44 national parks set up to keep the most beautiful parts of our countries in their natural 45
A．The other B．Another C．Every D．Each
A．asking for B．drinking C．having D．buying
A．seemed B．struck C．sank D．showed
A．ago B．after C．before D．now
A．full B．filled C．crowed D．parked
A．promise B．help C．suggestion D．permission
A．standing B．sitting C．talking D．dying
A．thinking B．persuading C．deciding D．learning
A．suffering B．dying C．walking D．standing
A．increase B．reduce C．improve D．raise
A．wash B．repair C．drive D．leave
A．sick B．tired C．foolish D．excited
A．on B．at C．from D．for
A．discussion B．question C．pollution D．operation
A．but B．yet C．still D．and
A．work B．construction C．building D．setting
A．life B．mind C．human being D．plants
A．see B．start C．enjoy D．pay
A．few B．any C．more D．no
A．situation B．states C．soils D．places.
We arrived in Spain for the first time a few weeks ago.I decided to 21 a car because we had sold the one we had in England before 22 home.Yesterday the sales office rang us to say the car was 23 .I had tried out a model like it before,but as I was not yet 24 driving in this city,my wife did not want me to collect it 25 so we went together to 26 it.We paid for the car and 27 the papers.They told us that there was 28 petrol(汽油) to take us to a garage,where we could fill up.The 29 garage to the office was about 100 yards away and we got there 30 .But when I turned into the main road I suddenly saw a lot of cars racing 31 me.I got out of 32 as fast as I could by backing into the garage 33 and the man behind 34 me.
“It’s such a problem to 35 to drive on the right side,isn’t it?”my wife said.“Yes,if only I had had a few lessons for 36 ,”I replied.“You had better go 37 on the way home,”my wife said.“You’d be sorry if you had 38 on the first day,wouldn’t you?”While we were talking,the man behind got out of his car and said in good English,“Would you mind telling me 39 you are thinking of leaving? 40 are you going to sit in your car all day?”
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阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
In the United States there was an unusual tale telling of the daughter of a mechanic （技工）. One day while walking along the bank of a lake, the girl 36 to see 20 eggs laid by a wild goose. After some time the girl 37 the mother would not return to her eggs and she 38 to take them home. There she carefully 39 the eggs in the heat of a lamp. Several days 40 the eggs broke and the baby geese came into the 41 .
Geese are known to take the first living thing they see as their mother. 42 , to these young geese, the girl was their mother.
As they 43 , the girl was able to 44 her birds to run across the grass, but she could not teach them to 45 . The girl became increasingly worried about this, both when 46 and in her dreams. Later, she had an 47 : She would pilot a plane to guide them in 48 . She asked her father for a plane and he assembled（组装）a small aircraft for her.
Caring about 49 safety, the father decided to pilot the plane himself. However, the birds did not 50 or follow him, and 51 slept in the grass.
One day, the girl 52 into the plane, started it and soon left the 53 . Seeing their mother take to the air, the birds 54 flapped（拍打）their wings and 55 . She flew the plane freely in the sky, her young birds following.
A．managed B．attempted C．happened D．supposed
A．realized B．expected C．imagined D．admitted
A．helped B．decided C．afforded D．meant
A．placed B．protected C．treated D．examined
A．ago B．out C．later D．long
A．family B．lake C．home D．world
A．But B．Also C．Thus D．Still
A．increased B．improved C．rose D．grew
A．ask B．lead C．want D．allow
A．fly B．race C．swim D．sing
A．asleep B．away C．around D．awake
A．idea B．opinion C．explanation D．excuse
A．sky B．heaven C．flight D．plane
A．his B．her C．their D．its
A．respect B．remember C．recognize D．receive
A．so B．instead C．hardly D．too
A．climbed B．looked C．reached D．fell
A．house B．floor C．water D．ground
A．secretly B．disappointedly C．patiently D．eagerly
A．looked away B．set out C．went by D．turned back
As she waited at the edge of the ice for her music to start,. Peggy took a quick look at her father standing nearby with a group of parents and teachers. He smiled at her. Then she 1._____ out at the audience, 2._____ to see her mother. These two, Alvert and Doris Flemint, had 3._____ all the way from California more than 2,000 miles away, to see their 4._____ compete in this sports meet in Cleveland, Ohio.
The music 5._____ and Peggy moved onto the ice, letting the music 6._____ her along into her turns, and she began skating with much 7._____ in herself. The cold fear she always had in the 8._____ seconds before skating onto the ice was 9._____. She was feeling the movement of the 10._____ and letting it carry her. She skated easily, 11._____ did some jumps, a final turn and her performance was 12._____.
The crowd loved it and cheered 13._____ she skated off the ice. “Nice job,” said one of the other 14._____. It was the remark that 15._____ came after a free-skating performance. But what should the 16._____ say? Standing beside her father, Peggy 17._____ for the scoring to be finished. On all sides were other young skaters, some waiting 18._____ alone, others with a parent. Shortly before 10 o’clock the results were 19._____. The new United States Women’s Figure Skating Champion was Peggy Fleming of Passdena, 20._____.
A．looked B．watched C．found D．stepped
A．failing B．looking forward C．wanting . D．hoping
A．bicycled B．driven C．run D．walked
A．friend B．children C．son D．daughter
A．started B．played C．developed D．sang
A．allow B．set out C．carry D．support
A．thought B．belief C．success D．design
A．following B．last C．recent D．past
A．lost B．present C．strong D．gone
A．music B．fear C．ice D．audiences
A．so B．or C．before D．then
A．satisfied B．unsatisfactory C．finished D．welcome
A．because B．until C．before D．as
A．skaters B．parents C．judges D．parents
A．always B．seldom C．again D．hardly
A．waited B．looked C．wished D．asked
A．comfortably B．hurriedly C．happily D．anxiously
A．cried out B．let out C．announced D．declared
A．England B．Cleveland C．Ohio D．California
As she waited at the edge of the ice for her music to start,. Peggy took a quick look at her father standing nearby with a group of parents and teachers. He smiled at her. Then she 1._____ out at the audience, 2._____ to see her mother. These two, Alvert and Doris Flemint, had 3._____ all the way from California more than 2,000 miles away, to see their 4._____ compete in this sports meet in Cleveland, Ohio.
The music 5._____ and Peggy moved onto the ice, letting the music 6._____ her along into her turns, and she began skating with much 7._____ in herself. The cold fear she always had in the 8._____ seconds before skating onto the ice was 9._____. She was feeling the movement of the 10._____ and letting it carry her. She skated easily, 11._____ did some jumps, a final turn and her performance was 12._____.
The crowd loved it and cheered 13._____ she skated off the ice. “Nice job,” said one of the other 14._____. It was the remark that 15._____ came after a free-skating performance. But what should the 16._____ say? Standing beside her father, Peggy 17._____ for the scoring to be finished. On all sides were other young skaters, some waiting 18._____ alone, others with a parent. Shortly before 10 o’clock the results were 19._____. The new United States Women’s Figure Skating Champion was Peggy Fleming of Passdena, 20._____.
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As I walked home one freezing day, I stumbled(绊脚) on a wallet in the street. I picked it up and looked inside to find some 21 so that I could call the owner. But the wallet 22 only three dollars and a letter, which looked as if it had been in there for years. The envelope was 23 and the only thing on it was the return address. I started to open the letter, 24 to find some clue. Then I saw the dateline－1924. The letter had been written almost sixty years earlier! It was written in a beautiful handwriting, on blue paper with a little flower in the left-hand corner. It was a “Dear John”(绝交) letter that told the 25 , Michael, that the writer could not see him any more because her mother 26 it. Even so, she wrote that she would 27 love him. It was signed Hannah.
It was a beautiful letter, but there was no 28 , except for the name Michael, to identify the owner. 29 if I called the information center, the operator could find a phone listing for the address on the envelope. Actually, I took great 30 to find both Hannah and Michael, who still remained single. Then, after sixty years’ separation, they married each other in their late seventies. And I was invited to be their best man!
21．A．identification B．qualification C．recognition D．description
22．A．cost B．filled C．contained D．included
23．A．new B．worn C．pretty D．attractive
24．A．managing B．wondering C．supposing D．hoping
25．A．receiver B．owner C．friend D．partner
26．A．allowed B．forced C．forbade D．promised
27．A．ever B．never C．always D．even
28．A．problem B．way C．mark D．sign
29．A．Only B．Even C．As D．Maybe
30．A．pains B．risks C．actions D．cautions
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